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ISIS to Trump: “You have your eyes on Raqqa and Mosul, but we have our eyes on Constantinople and Rome”

Jul 31, 2017 4:37 pm By Robert Spencer

You might think that Constantinople has already been conquered for Islam, but the Islamic State jihadis believe that no land is truly Islamic until it obeys their caliph. And they called it Constantinople because it is called that in ancient Islamic prophecy.

“Imam Ahmad reported in his Musnad that Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘As (may God be pleased with him) reports, Whilst we were around the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) writing down, he was asked, ‘Which of the two cities is to be opened first, Constantinople or Rome?’ He (the Prophet) answered, ‘The city of Heraclius will be opened first!’”  (Imam Ahmad, and Al-Albany)

Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradawi quoted this hadith a few years ago and added: “This means that Islam will return to Europe as a conqueror and victor, after being expelled from it twice – once from the South, from Andalusia, and a second time from the East, when it knocked several times on the door of Athens.”

And the Saudi Sheikh Muhammad bin Abd Al-Rahman Al-‘Arifi, imam of the mosque of King Fahd Defense Academy, once boasted: “We will control the land of the Vatican; we will control Rome and introduce Islam in it. Yes, the Christians, who carve crosses on the breasts of the Muslims in Kosovo – and before then in Bosnia, and before then in many places in the world – will yet pay us the Jiziya [poll tax paid by non-Muslims under Muslim rule], in humiliation, or they will convert to Islam.”

There are many more such statements here.

Jihad fighters from the Islamic State should not be allowed into European countries. But all over the continent, they are being welcomed back.

“Isis tells ‘new pharaoh’ Trump: While you watch Raqqa, we’ll conquer Rome and Istanbul,” by Ludovica Iaccino, International Business Times, July 31, 2017:

A Somalian militant affiliated to the Isis terror group is believed to have sent a warning message to US President Donald Trump. Referring to the head of state as the “new pharaoh”, the Isis fighter explained the group’s expansionist aims, suggesting fighters were ready to conquer “Constantinople [and] Rome”.

“You might have your eyes on Raqqah [and] Mosul, but we have our eyes on Constantinople [and] Rome”, the militant said, according to the the SITE Intelligence group, a non-governmental counterterrorism organisation .

Isis captured Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria in 2014, making the two cities strongholds of its self-declared “caliphate”.

However, the group is progressively losing occupied territories in both countries, due to US-led joint offensives. Earlier in July, the Iraqi government declared Mosul liberated from Isis, following weeks of intense fighting.

Raqqa has witnessed intensified fighting in recent weeks, after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias supported by a US-led coalition – started a campaign to recapture Raqqa from Isis. The US said at least 45% of Raqqa was in the hands of the SDF. The US embassy in London and the Department of State have not replied to a request for a comment on the message.

Isis displacement could mean ‘attacks for Europe’

Analysts have previously warned that Isis fighters would travel to other countries once their strongholds in the Middle East are destroyed. This could result in the creation of new Isis cells in different countries….

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Constantinople, Istanbul, Mosul, Raqqa, Rome


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  1. Michael Blair says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    Constantinople unfortunately is under the Erdogan regime.

  2. jewdog says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    You may have your eyes on Constantinople and Rome, but we have our eyes on your butt, which you can kiss goodbye.

    • Lydia says

      Jul 31, 2017 at 11:02 pm

      Nailed it!
      Ha!
      : D

    • AzB says

      Aug 1, 2017 at 7:32 am

      haha yeah.

  3. Proud Canadian Infidel says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 5:08 pm

    Moderate muslims are accomplices and the grass the radical muslim poison snakes hide and slither thru. Evidence of moderate muslims being complicit in terrorism is not one muslim of any degree called in to the radio station to “submit” a complaint.
    Deport all muslims by any actions necessary..
    Ban the cult and filth called “islam”.

    “Muslim radio station suspended for broadcasting al-Qaeda recruiter’s speeches during Ramadan”
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/iman-fc-muslim-radio-station-sheffield-al-qaeda-anwar-al-awlaki-charlie-hebdo-hate-speech-jihadi-a7830256.html

  4. Jayell says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 5:12 pm

    Islam ‘knocked several times on the door of Athens’? Really? So when did the Great Prophet command his disciples to be so polite and considerate?

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 2, 2017 at 9:57 pm

      Actually, of course, Greece was under the brutal heel of Islam for several centuries.

  5. Guest says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 5:35 pm

    1. I doubt Trump would even watch this
    2. Isn’t Constantinuple Istanbul now? (I know this from a song)

    • Mark A says

      Jul 31, 2017 at 8:27 pm

      Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine empire and the second most important Christian city, after Rome, until the Turks conquered in in 1453.

      The Turks changed the name to Istanbul, changed the Hagia Sophia, the largest Christian Cathedral in the world, into a mosque.and imposed Islamic law.

      The rest, as they say, is history…

      But that is the background of ISIS being determined to overrun Rome an Constantinople.

    • James Pierce says

      Jul 31, 2017 at 8:29 pm

      The singing camels on Tiny Toons? They’re also how I found out that New Amsterdam is now known as New York

  6. ploome says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    when do we finally understand we have to stop all muslim immigration-and

    STOP ALL ISLAMIC FUNDING FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

  7. Johan Elzinga says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    The European Union recently (a few days ago) prolonged the operation EUNAVFOR MED that in theory would counter human trafficing. In reality though, FRONTEX is more preoccupied with the saving of lives and is in fact a free taxi service for refugees. For a mind boggling set of rules in this respect you can read http://frontex.europa.eu/assets/Legal_basis/European_Border_and_Coast_Guard.pdf
    This document must really have been written by some ISIS members determined to destroy Europe, because it completely undermines every effort to keep out the migrants from Northern Africa. And it is being followed as a policy by the European Commission, still boasting that one of the “advantages” of Europe and Frontex is that they are “strengthening the European Borders. How is it that no one in my own country seems to be able to read this nonsense and to come to the same conclusion? HELP!!

  8. Andre-Hans "Captain" von Bremen says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 6:54 pm

    The name of the Magazine of DAESH is RUMIYAH…. meaning Rome in Arabic… to indicate glearly their goal. Our actual Elites are Traitors ! Just to keep Power with the votes of Muslim families !

  9. St. Manuel II Palaiologos says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 7:46 pm

    I wish Constantinople was back in the right hands too.

  10. Baucent says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 8:33 pm

    Bravado talk from someone who will be dead by Christmas. ISIS is losing it’s caliphate, but as the rats scurry away they will turn up in Europe seeking revenge. Shame, Allah has let them down.

  11. Lydia says

    Jul 31, 2017 at 11:05 pm

    Okay, so they are telling the world how they really feel!
    No hiding it under the table with those guys, it’s all on the table top.

  12. c matt says

    Aug 1, 2017 at 9:43 am

    Constantinople !! They got the name right !!

  13. gravenimage says

    Aug 2, 2017 at 9:54 pm

    ISIS to Trump: “You have your eyes on Raqqa and Mosul, but we have our eyes on Constantinople and Rome”
    ………………….

    So–is this idiot too ignorant to notice that Muslims conquered Constantinople, or does he just consider even the brutal Turks “insufficiently Islamic”?

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